Rexel Shares Fall 3.67% Despite a 3.4% Increase in Revenue
The stock of the electrical equipment distributor dropped 3.67% in mid-afternoon trading on Wednesday, to 35.40 euros, amid a general pullback in European markets. The simultaneous release of the first-quarter revenue and the holding of the 2026 general assembly did not prevent the correction, bringing the weekly decline to over 6%.
Quarterly Performance and Market Context
This morning, Rexel Group announced a quarterly revenue of 4,736.9 million euros, up by 3.4% on a constant day basis. However, this performance hides a strong geographical disparity: North America showed an increase of 5.8%, while Europe, still accounting for half of the group's revenue, only timidly returned to growth at +0.6%. To strengthen its presence in North America, the distributor has finalized the acquisition of Techno-Contact 360 in Canada and is accelerating its sales digitalization strategy. This day also coincides with the company's annual general meeting. However, the stock market context does not favor the stock: the CAC 40 is down 0.39% in session, while the SBF 120 drops 0.36%. Caution also prevails in Asian and American markets, with the S&P 500 closing down 0.63%. Despite Rexel's positive commercial momentum, the persistent weakness of the European market, the historical core of its activity, weighs on market reactions.
Technical Analysis of Rexel's Stock
Technically, Rexel's stock is currently hovering around its short-term moving averages: the price of 35.40 euros is just below the MM20 (35.43 euros) and very close to the MM50 (35.32 euros), indicating a consolidation phase after a remarkable one-year performance, with the stock still showing more than a 60% increase over twelve months. The RSI at 55 confirms this lack of directional tension, as the stock is neither in an overbought nor oversold zone. Today's decline brings the price exactly to the middle of the Bollinger Bands, with the upper bound at 39.96 euros and the lower bound at 30.91 euros. The next resistance threshold is at 38.48 euros, about 8.7% above the current level. With a beta of 0.20, Rexel remains significantly less volatile than the overall Parisian market. Notably, among comparable stocks listed in Paris, Schneider Electric is up 0.94% in session, indicating that Rexel's decline is more related to its own dynamics than a uniform sector movement.
